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To show off , to make a show; to display one's self.
Show
(Show) n. [Formerly written also shew.]
1. The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.
2. That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as,
a traveling show; a cattle show.
As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such shows. Bacon. 3. Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.
I envy none their pageantry and show. Young. 4. Semblance; likeness; appearance.
He through the midst unmarked,
In show plebeian angel militant
Of lowest order, passed. Milton. 5. False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.
Beware of the scribes, . . . which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers. Luke xx.
46. 47. 6. (Med.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before
labor.
7. (Mining) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp. Raymond.
Show bill, a broad sheet containing an advertisement in large letters. — Show box, a box xontaining
some object of curiosity carried round as a show. — Show card, an advertising placard; also, a card
for displaying samples. — Show case, a glaed case, box, or cabinet for displaying and protecting
shopkeepers' wares, articles on exhibition in museums, etc. — Show glass, a glass which displays
objects; a mirror. — Show of hands, a raising of hands to indicate judgment; as, the vote was taken
by a show of hands. — Show stone, a piece of glass or crystal supposed to have the property of
exhibiting images of persons or things not present, indicating in that way future events.
Showbread
(Show"bread`) n. (Jewish Antiq.) Bread of exhibition; loaves to set before God; — the term
used in translating the various phrases used in the Hebrew and Greek to designate the loaves of bread
which the priest of the week placed before the Lord on the golden table in the sanctuary. They were
made of fine flour unleavened, and were changed every Sabbath. The loaves, twelve in number, represented
the twelve tribes of Israel. They were to be eaten by the priests only, and in the Holy Place. [Written
also shewbread.] Mark ii. 26.
Shower
(Show"er) n.
1. One who shows or exhibits.
2. That which shows; a mirror. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Shower
(Show"er) n. [OE. shour, schour, AS. ser; akin to D. schoer, G. schauer, OHG. scr, Icel.
skr, Sw. skur, Goth. skra windis a storm of wind; of uncertain origin.]
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